Rensselaer computer and data science experts Francine Berman and James Hendler will help guide a new open access computer science journal which launched today.

The National Science Foundation has awarded $15 million to a team of environmental and earth science data researchers, including researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, who are providing tools and infrastructure that improve access to vast amounts of scientific data.

Web scientist and Tetherless World Research Constellation Professor Deborah L. McGuinness has been selected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Berman joined with Google Vice President Vint Cerf to discuss the future of public access to research data in a Science magazine Op Ed.